Joan Eardley

Summer Fields

About this artwork

This work was painted outdoors in Catterline, the small fishing village south of Aberdeen where Eardley spent much of her time from the 1950s onwards. She has heightened the sense of realism in Summer Fields by adding grass, picked as she worked, into the wet paint. The land and seascapes around Catterline inspired many of Eardley’s most memorable works, some of which verge on abstraction. Her expressive use of paint and warm colours combined with deep shadows evokes the summer sun on a golden crop.

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  • artist:
  • title:
    Summer Fields
  • date created:
    About 1961
  • materials:
    Oil and grasses on hardboard
  • measurements:
    106.00 x 105.00 cm; Framed: 111.70 x 110.10 x 5.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Bequeathed by Mr R.R. Scott Hay and presented by Mrs M.E.B. Scott Hay 1984
  • accession number:
    GMA 2940
  • gallery:
  • artwork photographed by:
    Antonia Reeve
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Joan Eardley

Joan Eardley